| 1 | Elton Hildreth | Elton Hildreth |  |
| 02 | Rossi's Automotive Engineering | Mario Rossi | Chrysler |
| 3 | Smokey Yunick | Paul Goldsmith |  |
| 5 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair | |
| 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | |
| 9 | Tom Harbison | Marvin Panch |  |
| 10 | Max Welborn | Rex White | |
| 12 | Pete DePaolo | Ralph Moody | |
| 14 | Bill Stroppe | Billy Myers | |
| 16 | Gus Holzmueller | Tiny Lund | |
| 17 | Earl Wright | Dick Allwine | |
| 22 | Pete DePaolo | Fireball Roberts | |
| 23 | Adelmo Tiezzi | Benny DeRosier | Hudson |
| 24 | Malcolm Barlow | Gene Bergin |  |
| 26 | Frank Hayworth | Jim Paschal | |
| 27 | Peck Peckham | Peck Peckham | |
| 31 | John Whitford | Bill Champion | |
| 38 | Roy Alloway | Bill Parks | |
| 42 | Richard Petty | Lee Petty | |
| 47 | Harvey Eakin | Harvey Eakin | Nash |
| 53 | Jack Montgangelo | Jack Montgangelo | |
| 62 | Bob White | Russ Truelove | |
| 63 | Al Liberty | Bill Tanner | |
| 64 | Spook Crawford | Johnny Allen |  |
| 66 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson | |
| 67 | Kiekhaefer Racing | Speedy Thompson | |
| 69 | Matt Gowan | Dave Terrell |  |
| 79 | John Lindsay | John Lindsay | |
| 84 | Lawson & Netti | Jack Tykarski | |
| 87 | Kiekhaefer Racing | Buck Baker | Chrysler |
| 92 | Thomas Racing (Herb Thomas) | Herb Thomas | |
| 95 | Jim Rhoades | Jim Rhoades | Packard |
| 97 | Pete DePaolo | Bill Amick | |
| 98 | Tom Harbison | Danny Letner | |
